Job summary
We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our team in the Wheelchair Services in Skelmersdale.
You will become part of the wheelchair services family and a crucial member of our team.
Available role:
10 hours, Monday to Friday. Flexible working patterns will be considered.
Main duties of the job
- Providing a customer focused service, to carry out general and specialised cleaning tasks in accordance with Trust procedures.
- To ensure the environment is maintained to a high standard and safe working practices adhere to in all aspects of environmental/ hygiene management.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
o Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
o Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
o National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
- Cleaning of structures, non-clinical patient equipment and components, manually or mechanically.
- Isolation cleans/infection cleans as required.
- Set up and use of Hydrogen Peroxide fogging /UV machine cleaning of areas as required..
- Curtain changes as appropriate, safe removal of dirty linen.
- Follow Waste Disposal Policy to ensure safe removal of waste, ensuring correct segregation of waste.
- Ensuring that building security controls are adhered to and problems reported immediately.
- To work as the sole Domestic within the service as part of the wheelchair multi-disciplinary team.
- Use own judgement to overcome operational issues regarding day-to-day tasks.
- Use cleaning equipment such as buffers, scrubbers and buckets containing water and cleaning solutions, plus low and high cleaning work, requiring physical effort.
- Working in the vicinity of body fluids, physical aggression and exposure to hazards may occasionally occur.
- Ensure good customer relations working with patients and all levels of staff, eg ward managers.
- To work effectively as part of a team.
- Adopt an empathetic approach to patients and visitors, ensuring the areas are cleaned with minimal disruption to patients.
- Be aware of patients who may have challenging behaviours due to their medical condition, ensuring confidentiality and privacy and dignity are observed at all times.
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure compliance with Pas 5748 and hygiene standards.
- Ensure all appropriate hygiene monitoring is carried out and recorded for every process.
- Ensure all Infection Prevention and control procedures are adhered, which includes maintaining a high standard of personal hygiene.
- Ensure compliance with all legal requirements of food safety.
- Maintain and improve all aspects of service.
- Responsible for the flushing of water systems and maintaining accurate records in line with regulations pertaining to Legionella and Pseudomonas as instructed.
- Participate in staff involvement groups for all aspects of the Trust Quality Strategy 2016/21.
- Participate in trials of products and equipment as required.
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintenance / cleaning of all housekeeping equipment.
- Assist in the commissioning/ decommissioning of area.
- Keep a tidy work environment.
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES
- Staff will be trained in all aspects of the housekeeping role over a minimum of 4 weeks or until deemed competent.
- Standard Operating Procedures to be followed.
- All trained staff are expected to display a flexible and supportive attitude to their work and colleagues providing guidance and assistance to new or existing members of staff.
- Participate in the staff appraisal system and attend training in accordance with your personal development plan.
- Complete and maintain competency level.
- Staff to have an understanding of COSHH, and use of PPE, and adhere to health and safety regulations around the use of chemicals.
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Store keeping including storage and stock rotation submitting orders in a timely manner.
- Ensure economic use of all materials.
- Ensure good practice to minimise waste.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
- Cleaning of structures, non-clinical patient equipment and components, manually or mechanically.
- Isolation cleans/infection cleans as required.
- Set up and use of Hydrogen Peroxide fogging /UV machine cleaning of areas as required..
- Curtain changes as appropriate, safe removal of dirty linen.
- Follow Waste Disposal Policy to ensure safe removal of waste, ensuring correct segregation of waste.
- Ensuring that building security controls are adhered to and problems reported immediately.
- To work as the sole Domestic within the service as part of the wheelchair multi-disciplinary team.
- Use own judgement to overcome operational issues regarding day-to-day tasks.
- Use cleaning equipment such as buffers, scrubbers and buckets containing water and cleaning solutions, plus low and high cleaning work, requiring physical effort.
- Working in the vicinity of body fluids, physical aggression and exposure to hazards may occasionally occur.
- Ensure good customer relations working with patients and all levels of staff, eg ward managers.
- To work effectively as part of a team.
- Adopt an empathetic approach to patients and visitors, ensuring the areas are cleaned with minimal disruption to patients.
- Be aware of patients who may have challenging behaviours due to their medical condition, ensuring confidentiality and privacy and dignity are observed at all times.
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure compliance with Pas 5748 and hygiene standards.
- Ensure all appropriate hygiene monitoring is carried out and recorded for every process.
- Ensure all Infection Prevention and control procedures are adhered, which includes maintaining a high standard of personal hygiene.
- Ensure compliance with all legal requirements of food safety.
- Maintain and improve all aspects of service.
- Responsible for the flushing of water systems and maintaining accurate records in line with regulations pertaining to Legionella and Pseudomonas as instructed.
- Participate in staff involvement groups for all aspects of the Trust Quality Strategy 2016/21.
- Participate in trials of products and equipment as required.
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintenance / cleaning of all housekeeping equipment.
- Assist in the commissioning/ decommissioning of area.
- Keep a tidy work environment.
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES
- Staff will be trained in all aspects of the housekeeping role over a minimum of 4 weeks or until deemed competent.
- Standard Operating Procedures to be followed.
- All trained staff are expected to display a flexible and supportive attitude to their work and colleagues providing guidance and assistance to new or existing members of staff.
- Participate in the staff appraisal system and attend training in accordance with your personal development plan.
- Complete and maintain competency level.
- Staff to have an understanding of COSHH, and use of PPE, and adhere to health and safety regulations around the use of chemicals.
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Store keeping including storage and stock rotation submitting orders in a timely manner.
- Ensure economic use of all materials.
- Ensure good practice to minimise waste.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Basic numeracy and literacy
Desirable
- NVQ level 2 Cleaning and Building Interiors
- Food Safety Awareness level 1
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Understanding of cleaning and hygiene principles
Desirable
- Large scale or Health Care domestic work
- Basic computer skills
Skills
Essential
- Understanding/Experience of Customer Care
- Understanding/Experience of Team Working
- Ability to use mechanical/ electrical cleaning aids
Desirable
- Ability to instruct other less qualified staff
Other
Essential
- Physically demanding role including use of machinery and other cleaning equipment such as buckets of water.
- Ability to carry out varied workloads with varying demands.
- Able to empathise with patients and staff
- Ability to work varied shift patterns/experience of working varied shift patterns.
Desirable
- Experience of Lone working
- Experience of/ability to working at height using ladder
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Basic numeracy and literacy
Desirable
- NVQ level 2 Cleaning and Building Interiors
- Food Safety Awareness level 1
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Understanding of cleaning and hygiene principles
Desirable
- Large scale or Health Care domestic work
- Basic computer skills
Skills
Essential
- Understanding/Experience of Customer Care
- Understanding/Experience of Team Working
- Ability to use mechanical/ electrical cleaning aids
Desirable
- Ability to instruct other less qualified staff
Other
Essential
- Physically demanding role including use of machinery and other cleaning equipment such as buckets of water.
- Ability to carry out varied workloads with varying demands.
- Able to empathise with patients and staff
- Ability to work varied shift patterns/experience of working varied shift patterns.
Desirable
- Experience of Lone working
- Experience of/ability to working at height using ladder
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
